St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-12-24
CONVICTION, ST. TAMMANY
PARISH, La, DECEMBER "a, 1887.
SCIENCE An INDUSTRY.

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-Fiberite is Insulating ma
terial made from ~ pulp. and is be.
ing used for STD , cells and BY
various electrical lesrnS It is said
to give satistaction .
I'm Great Brit Sel. .09s factorie.
are registered, an( $50 workshops.
The inspectors OF pps and factories
last year made III visits to see that
the laws were in ID There are fifty
six inspectors in Al
The collection preserved hum.
ming-birds i'm tho eish Museum now
comprises at least thousand skins.
The finest cOllectd 1n this country is
that which has bed presented to the
Americas. Museum Natural History
in this city by Mr.. re. Elliott. which
contains about II thousand speci-
mens.-N Y. Ledg
The remains q 10 less than City
four species Of ho1 sring plants from
mummy wrappingsh Egypt have been
identified. The Dwers have been
wonderfully presery d. even the delicate
violet color Of th3 larkspnr and the
scarlet Of the popp the chlorophyl in
the leaves. and the{ ngsr in the raisins.
remaining.-Arksa6U - Traveller.
A member Of th( t1is Geographical
Society suggests q at instead of de.
posting provisions I'D other stores for
Arctic explorers u cairns or rocky
structures above 81 ind. they ought to
be placed in subtcl mean stations ex.
excavated for the rpose. BY the
establishments Of Sd stafScns in favor
able seasons the fad Bties Yor Polar ex-
plorations might b. fsatly increased.
~ y Ledger.
Ono of the large wind motors in
existence is used - 46GinG Touring
machinery at Gre Axtmouth. En-
gland. 1t has four 2ESkhich are 4r
feet Q inches long R>leet 6 inches
wide. and extend ID 8S1rftom point to
point With a vii 8:A5 miles an
hour. the windmill " S6'horse power.
and will easily MAKE ~ barrels OF -four
in "a hours. The 1My containing
the Touring apparaf y and supporting
the motor is of IL q - stands 80 feet
above foundation, MI Is feet in
diameter at the bar Mn L the top.
-.4rkansaU TfaUe1d e =.
The Iowa Stat v6t1tt4Aas ~
Gently acquired . q - ol the
extinct musk OK 1kr1meTica.
The bones, which q bbly well
preserved, were 4 ~ 6eaa tie
Missouri river at q 0s1a the'
formation known Z - - the
loess. This crcatau - loxn,
musk OK. is1ay j0O(.4 " ASv6 been
clothed with long fleece. and the dis
covery of the remains at Council Bluffs
indicates that low temperature must
have prevailed in that region during the
period when the loess was accumulat-
ing. so that Arctic animals have found
the climate comfortable there.-M y
Ledger.
DIR. Holub. the African explorer.
after being plundered by savage tribes.
has arrived in England with his collec-
ton. This collection-a wreck only Of
what was gathered BY the industrious
explorer-fills LAT cases. In it there are
COZ skins Of qnadrupeds ready for
stuffing. Of which 20 are OF animals a.
large as the koodoo-an antelope
heavier than the red deer; of birds
there are 1921 specimens. of insects
1900. including $1,000 beetles and
5000 moths and butterflies. There are
also 6. 500 specimens Of plants. There are
600 recorded observations in meteor
ology. and more than that number Of
the measurements Of elevations.
Paper window-glass is now said to
be an assured fact. As described: "A
window-pane is made of white paper.
manufactured from cotton or linen.
and modified by chemical action.
Afterward the paper is dipped in .
preparation Of camph0r and alcohol.
which makes it like parchment From
this point it can be nodded and cut
into remark ably tough sheets entirely
transparent. and it can be dyed with
almost the whole of the aniline colors,
the result being a transparent sheet.
showing far more vivid hues than the
best glass exhibits. Public Opinion.
-Gelsoline is the name of new
material resembling silk. A writer in
the Journal Commercial ct Maritime
saws Of it that two students in Italy
have invented an apparatus. the object
of which is to substitute mulberry fiber
for cotton. and have given it the above
name. On removing the bark from
the young shoots of mulberry trees. .
fiber is found which in fineness and
tenacity is not excellcd by silk. and
the object Of the invention is to treat
the bark and isolate tho fiber by . me-
chanical process. The English houses
are said to have already made offers to
purchase the entire production ema.
mating from this novel process.